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Reared in a home of moderate circumstances, M. F. Moriarty was given but meager opportunities for learning during his boyhood and youth, his edneation be- ing confined to the course provided by the distriet sehool. On the 20th of May, 1889. he came to the northwest. first locating in Spokane. A few months later he went to Deep Creek, where he remained for about a year. In the fall of 1890 he bought grain for a short time at Mondovi. where by his generosity, his open- hearted and strictly honest business methods he formed lasting friendships among the tillers of the soil. From there he came to Reardan, thereafter making this city his home. At that time he was a grain buyer for the Northern Pacific Elevator Company, but he subsequently left their employ and engaged in the mereantile bnsi- ness in this city. He was a man of tireless energy and applied himself to any- thing he undertook with that earnestness of purpose that invariably wins suceess
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by reason of its unceasing persistence. His undertakings were always character- ized by keen discernment and excellent judgment. and he never went into any enter- prise, without planning definitely his course of action, carefully considering every possible issue, and as a result he prospered and became known as one of the most capable and efficient business men not only of Reardan but of Lincoln county. In 1899 he became associated with J. K. Smith and others in the Washington Grain & Milling Company, of which firm he was president and manager. This likewise proved to be a very profitable enterprise, owing to the judicious management and sagacity Mr. Moriarty exercised in expanding its interests. In 1902, he and his associates further extended the scope of their activities by purchasing a controll- ing interest in the Reardan Exchange Bank of Reardan, of which Mr. Moriarty was president until his death. It is largely due to his capable guidance of its affairs as well as his foresight and discretion that this institution is now numbered among the well established and stable banks of the county.
On the 18th of May, 1891. Mr. Moriarty was united in marriage to Miss May Morton, a daughter of Elias and Elizabeth (Van Eman) Morton, natives of Law- rence county, Pennsylvania. The father was a shoemaker by trade, but the latter years of his life were entirely devoted to agricultural pursuits. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Moriarty, Ella M. and Francis F., who have not yet completed their education.
Mr. Moriarty was a communicant of the Roman Catholic church. His fraternal relations were confined to his membership in the Woodmen of the World and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he was a democrat and had the distinction of being Reardan's first mayor in which capacity he served for two terms. manifesting in the discharge of his public duties the same promptness, un- swerving purpose and fidelity to the trust reposed'in him that characterized his business transactions. During Cleveland's last administration Mr. Moriarty also served as postmaster.
He was a most unusual man and possessed many rare qualities, not least of which was his democratie spirit and sympathetic understanding that made him the friend of all. He was as ready to rejoice over the successes of his friends as to sympathize at their misfortunes and was at all times ready to lend aid to the unfortunate. There passed before his bier a strange assemblage composed of day laborers and bankers, representatives of large business interests and state legislators. and one and all could relate some little incident of an intimate, per- sonal nature indicative of this man's greatness of heart and magnanimity.
One incident related by a former business associate that illustrates his generous spirit of helpfulness occurred when he was engaged in the grain business. A poor season and hard times had compelled the farmers to dispose of all of their wheat in order to provide their families with the actual necessities of life, so when the planting season came they were without seed. In their need they sought the keeper of the warehouse, and frankly stated their circumstances asking him to extend them credit for the grain they needed to plant their fields. The manager laid the matter before Mr. Moriarty, asking what he should do, as the farmers had neither grain nor money and in case of crop failure they might not get their seed back. "Well," he replied. "their families must live even if we never get the seed back; let them have it."
This man's life and his successes should prove an inspiration and incentive to every young man, who is struggling for recognition, as he was in every sense of Vol. 111-27
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the word self-made. The limited advantages afforded him in his early years were never permitted to be a hindrance nor an exeuse in his struggle to attain the goal, and his leisure moments were wisely and judieiously spent in reading earefully chosen books. He was a lover of art, music and literature and availed himself of every opportunity to extend his knowledge and understanding as well as appre- ciation of the best things the world has to offer along these various lines.
Mr. Moriarty died on June 28, 1911, and in speaking of him one of the local papers said: "By his death the people of Reardan have lost a companionable friend and eitizen, one who exerted a valuable influence in building up the town from its pioneer conditions to the prosperous little city it is today. The entire community has lost a firm and loyal neighbor, and a vaeaney is caused which can- not be filled."
JAMES WESLEY MULHOLLAND.
James Wesley Mulholland, former mayor of Waverly. has been identified with the mining and real-estate activities of Washington for more than a decade. He was born in Bethany, Illinois. on the 27th of April, 1869, and is a son of Andrew Jackson and Cynthia A. (Law) Mulholland, who were among the early settlers of Illinois. The father, who has ever championed the cause of freedom, went to the front during the Civil war as a member of the Forty-first Illinois Infantry.
James Wesley Mulholland grew to manhood in the town where he was born, attending the public schools in the acquirement of an education until graduated from the high school in 1889. To better qualify himself for the assumption of the responsibilities of life he supplemented his early education by two years of study in the Wesleyan University at Bloomington, Illinois. At the expiration of that period he began for himself and being desirous of commeneing his career in a country where competition was less keen and the opportunities greater than in the vicinity of his birthplace he came to Washington. Very soon after his arrival he became identified with mining activities and subsequently engaged in the real-estate business also, his efforts ever since having been directed along these lines. He first located in the Coeur d'Alene country, but after remaining there a short time removed to Mount Hope, where he resided for five years, then came to Waverly. Mr. Mulholland has met with a goodly measure of success in his various undertakings and is now interested in the Jack Waite Mining Company and the Silver Lead Mining Company.
At Roekford, Washington, on the 28th of July, 1897, Mr. Mulholland was united in marriage to Miss Permelia Sims, a daughter of Benjamin and Susan Sims, and unto them have been born three children. Dale. Morris and Dora.
Mr. Mulholland is a worthy exemplar of the Masonic order, having passed through thirty-two degrees of the Scottish rite and being identified with El Katif Shrine at Spokane. He is also an Odd Fellow and has passed through all of the chairs and served as a delegate to the Grand Lodge when convened at Vaneouver, this state. His political allegiance Mr. Mulholland gives to the republican party and during the period of his residence here has several times been a delegate to the county conventions, while for several years he represented his ward in the city
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council. He was elected mayor in November, 1909, serving until January 1, 1912. He has ever given much time and attention to promoting the development of both the town and county, by advancing the interests of its different enterprises through his indorsement of every movement designed to forward the various public utilities.
F. W. OWEN.
F. W. Owen, manager of the department store of M. E. & E. T. Hay at Wilbur, was born in Geneseo. Henry county, Illinois, on October 8, 1878. Ile is a son of Joe W. and Emma Owen, natives of Illinois, where they were also reared and married. They later removed to Clarence, Iowa, and were also residents of Benton Harbor, Michigan, for a time. The father engaged in the newspaper busi- ness until 1900, when he came to Spokane, Washington, and became identified with the Big Bend Land Company.
The education of F. W. Owen was obtained in the schools of Clarence, Iowa, and Benton Harbor. Michigan, and also the Commercial College of Onarga, Illi- nois, which he attended in 1892. In 1901 he came to Wilbur to assume the posi- tion of cashier in the large department store of M. E. & E. T. Hay. He was retained in this capacity for one year, and during that time he manifested qualities that enabled his employers to recognize that he was adapted to fill a position of greater trust and responsibility, so they sent him to their branch store at Hart- line, as bookkeeper and manager. Five years later he was recalled to Wilbur and was made manager of the local store January 1, 1908, the duties of which he has discharged most efficiently.
On the Ist of January, 1901, Mr. Owen was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Phillips, a daughter of J. G. Phillips, a prominent fruit man of Benton Harbor, Michigan, and they have become the parents of one son, James.
The family attend the Presbyterian church of which Mr. Owen is treasurer and he also belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and the Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a republican, and at the present time is city clerk. He is never remiss in the duties of citizenship, and takes an active interest in all municipal affairs, and is secretary and an enthusiastic member of the Wilbur Fair Associa- tion. Mr. Owen is publie-spirited and progressive and can always be depended upon to give his support and cooperation to every movement that will tend to pro- mote the welfare of the community.
OLIVER WENDELL NEWLON.
Oliver Wendell Newlon, cashier of the State Bank of Spangle, was born near Cumberland, Iowa, November 10, 1885, and, although he is a young man and has been identified with important business interests but a few years, he has gained acknowledged standing as highly capable and eminently trustworthy in every rela- tion of life. This position he has attained through the practice of principles of honor and rectitude which were early instilled into his mind and from which he has
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never departed. He is a son of Robert B. and Mary (Bright) Newlon. The mother died in 1891, when the son Oliver was six years of age, but the father is still living. Mr. Newlon, Sr., demonstrated his love for the republic by enlisting in the Union army and was a faithful soldier during the Rebellion.
In the common schools of Cumberland, Iowa, Oliver W. Newlon received his preliminary education. Later he entered Corning Academy, of Corning, Iowa, and was for two years a student of that institution. In 1903, believing that cast- ern Washington presented a promising field for a young man desirous of advancing in the world, he came to Spangle and was employed in a mercantile establishment for two summers, attending the Blair Business College at Spokane during the winters. The education along practical business lines which he there secured has been to him of very marked benefit. In February, 1905, having decided to devote his attention to financial affairs, he became connected with the Bank of Spangle as cashier and in 1906, when the institution became a state bank, was elected cashier. a position which he has continuously held to the entire satisfaction of the patrons. He is a member of the board of directors and has displayed an ability which gives bright promise as to his future.
On the 20th of January, 1910, Mr. Newlon was married to Miss Violet L. Warbis, a daughter of George and Garnet Warbis, of Spokane, and to this union one child, Hilda May, has been born. Mr. Newlon is a stanch supporter of the principles and candidates of the republican party but not through any desire for public office, as his interest is centered in his family and his business. He is thorough and efficient in whatever he undertakes and possesses the entire confidence of the community and of all with whom he has business or social relations. He is regarded by those who know him best as one who may be relied upon in every emergency to pursue the course that is right and just. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his religious belief is indicated by membership in the Baptist church.
IGNATZ WEIL.
Ignatz Weil is one of the those who have been very instrumental in promoting the development of Sandpoint, Idaho, having at all times given his cooperation and indorsement to every progressive movement introduced during the period of his resi- dence in the town. He was born in the city of Vienna, Austria, in 1853. where he spent the first eighteen years of his life.
Mr. Weil received his education in his native land, where he was also qualified for clerical work, but feeling that he wanted a broader field of activities in 1871 he decided to come to America. Upon his arrival in the United States, he selected the city of San Francisco as his place of residence. There he obtained a position as bookkeeper in a wholesale house, remaining a citizen of the western metropolis until 1882. In the latter year he accepted a position as traveling salesman for a New York city concern, with Helena, Montana, as his headquarters. Having ac- cumulated sufficient capital to embark in business for himself and considering that he had had sufficient experience to enable him to successfully conduct an enterprise, in 1891. Mr. Weil came to Sandpoint and engaged in the mercantile business. He
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subsequently withdrew from this, and engaged in the real-estate, insurance and investment business, which has proven to be a very lucrative undertaking. He has acquired extensive holdings in the property of this vicinity and has done much to advance the development of Sandpoint. Mr. Weil is recognized as a man of clear judgment, foresight and rare business sagaeity, who possesses the faculty of carrying to a successful issue anything he may undertake. It remains to him to recognize opportunities that are ignored by the great majority and utilize them to his advantage, his powers of organization and his executive ability proving of inestimable value to him in this dircetion. He has been the United States com- missioner of this distriet since 1900. and when Bonner county was organized seven years later he was appointed auditor, recorder and clerk of the district court. He is a very capable man and possesses the faenlty of being able to adapt him- self to any position that may arise or to direet his energies to meet any requirement.
Mr. Weil was married in 1886 to Miss Irene Henry, of Kentucky. Frater- nally Mr. Weil is affiliated with the Masonie order. Both he and his wife are very popular and take a prominent part in the social life of the town, the hos- pitality of their beautiful residence being graciously extended to their large cirele of friends.
GEORGE E. RUMPF.
As postmaster of Clayton and also as an intelligent and successful eitizen, George E. Rumpf is favorably known. He is a man of independent character who could make his way in the world almost anywhere, and as he possesses a worthy ambition to carry forward to success any undertaking in which he is interested, he has proved highly useful in establishing new enterprises. He was born at Baraboo, Wisconsin, June 14, 1872. a son of Daniel and Henrietta (Simon) Rumpf. The parents settled in Wisconsin and both are now living. The father served as captain of artillery in the Franco-Prussian war and was the first man to pass through the gates of Paris when the city surrendered in 1871.
George E. Rumpf possessed good advantages of education in the public and high schools of Baraboo graduating from the latter in 1889. Soon afterward he went to Mankato, Minnesota, where he engaged in business for six months. De- siring to see more of the world, he sold out and for three years rode the range for the Horseshoe Bar Cattle Company in Montana. After retiring from the range he served for two years as superintendent of the Montana Stueco Works at Kibbey, Montana, at the same time being interested in mining. Upon leaving Kibbey he traveled through California, Utah and Arizona and spent six months looking for a permanent location. He then visited his old home in Wisconsin. after which he came to Washington and engaged in the mercantile business at Evans until 1907. Onec more he returned to Wisconsin and spent six months in that state as traveling representative of a wholesale shoe house. The northwest. however, presented indueements which he could not resist and he came to Stevens county. Washington, and has sinee made his home at Clayton, filling the position of postmaster and also being engaged in the real-estate and insurance business. Ile was the organizer and promoter of the Farmers' Cooperative Store at Clayton
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and also projected and built the Big Foot Valley Telephone Company, which is now in successful operation and has proved of great benefit to the region through which its lines extend. He has for a number of years been connected with mining and is interested in the St. James Consolidated Mining Company of Montana and the North Star Mining Company.
On the 11th of June, 1905, Mr. Rumpf was married at Colville to Miss Beryl Corbell, a daughter of Francis and Minnie Corbell, and they have two children, Carl and Evelyn. Politically Mr. Rumpf is identified with the republican party and gives his earnest adherence to its principles, believing that they are best adapted to the maintenance of popular government. Ile is now serving as clerk of the school board at Clayton. He is essentially a business man and in the course of an active life has built up an enviable reputation among his associates, at the same time endearing himself to many friends by his genial, social qualities. He takes a great interest in the promotion of agriculture and is now filling the office of secretary of the Grange. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, being past master of the blue lodge.
MRS. GEORGIETTE MURRAY.
Mrs. Georgiette Murray has the distinction of being the only woman connected with real-estate operations in Spokane who has an individual business and owns and controls her own office. There are few residents in the northwest who have wider knowledge of property values and of conditions which exist in the real-estate market, and she has negotiated many important property transfers in this part of the northwest. Mrs. Murray is a native of Ohio and a daughter of Adam Kern and Susan B. (Reed) Heinzman, both of whom were natives of Richmond, Virginia. The father was a farmer of German descent and the mother represented an old New England family of English lineage. His death occurred in 1903, while Mrs. Heinzman survived until 1909. In their family were five daughters and three sons: Mrs. Lizzie Dodson. now living in Kirksville, Missouri; Mrs. Ella M. Shepherd ; Mrs. Sarah Catherine Platz, of Brashear, Missouri ; Mrs. Maude Custard. of Trenton. Missouri; John M .. deceased: C. E., living in Kirksville. Missouri ; and S. S., of Mexico.
The other member of the family is Mrs. Murray, who at the age of seventeen began teaching school, which profession she followed for two years. She com- pleted her literary education in the State Normal School of Kirksville, Missouri, and afterward studied osteopathy in the college at that place and practiced for a year in Virginia City, Montana. In 1896 she arrived in Spokane and for thirteen years followed her profession in this city. In 1909, however, she entered the real- estate field, forming a partnership with Miss Beth Sherman under the firm name of Murray & Sherman. Two months later Miss Sherman's brother died and she returned to her home, the dissolution of the firm taking place in May, 1909, since which time Mrs. Murray has been alone. She conducts a general real-estate busi- ness but specializes in ranch lands. She was reared on a timothy ranch and her early knowledge has made her an authority on ranches devoted to the cultivation of timothy. Her business activities have led to the transfer of many farms and she
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has also handled considerable city property. She displays splendid business abil- ity, executive force and keen discrimination and is the only woman in Spokane who owns and controls a real-estate office. She likewise has interests in mining prop- erties in Idaho and Washington.
On the tsth of July, 1896, in Montana, she became the wife of Dr. J. H. Murray, a physician, who is now living retired. They have no children of their own but are rearing an adopted son, Casey Murray. Dr. Murray was born and reared in Boston, Massachusetts, and was educated at Harvard, winning his pro- fessional degree there. He was a member of the "Kid Glove Regiment" of Boston. Ilis father was at one time a dry-goods merchant of that city but later turned his attention to railroad interests and was one of the men who built the "Live Stock Line" from Chicago to New York. The mother of Dr. Murray belonged to one of the old families-the Symonds-of Boston. At the age of eighty-four years she came to Spokane and on the return trip paid a visit to the Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition at St. Louis, returning home from that point. She died in 1910 at the very venerable age of ninety-four years. She belonged to a family noted for longevity, having a sister who lived to be eighty years of age and another ninety. Dr. Murray is a scholarly gentleman, well versed in his profession, which he practiced successfully for many years.
Mrs. Murray holds membership in the Methodist church and gives her political support to the democratic party. She has a wide acquaintance in both social and business circles of the city and is highly esteemed in each connection. Her suc- cess in the latter has given her a unique position in real-estate circles and one of which she has every reason to be proud.
FREDERICK CHARLES HENRY BUNDE. . ..
Frederick Charles Henry Bunde, probate judge of Bonner county, has been identified with the business interests of Sandpoint, Idaho, for the past eight years. Ile was born in the province of Pomerania, Germany, on the 12th of December. 1867. and is a son of Frederick and Tina (Sehlatz) Bunde. The parents emigrated to the United States with their family in 1879, loeating in Grand Rapids, Wisconsin.
The first twelve years of his life Frederick Charles Heury Bunde spent in his native land in whose common schools he obtained the greater part of his educa- tion, the course therein pursued being supplemented by further study after the family settled in Grand Rapids. When he was little more than a child he laid aside his school books and apprenticed himself to a tailor, following this trade in Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, until 1888; later he removed to varions points in Northern Wisconsin and then to the northwest. He first located in Bellingham. Washington. in 1901, where for eighteen months he was engaged in the tailoring business. From there he removed in 1903 to Sandpoint, Idaho, continuing to follow the tailoring business until January 1. 1911. when he withdrew from commercia! activities to enter upon the duties of his present office to which he had been elected in November, 1910.
On the 18th of July. 1895, Mr. Bunde was united in marriage to Miss Lydia Hastings, a daughter of Orlando Hastings of Tomah, Wisconsin, and they have
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become the parents of two daughters: Ethel, who was born on the 30th of June, 1896; and Frieda, whose birth occurred on July 28, 1907.
Mr. Bunde is prominently identified with the independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, having passed through all of the chairs of the loeal lodge, and he is also grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Idaho. He also belongs to the Maeeabees, being a member of the hive at Tomahawk, Wisconsin. His political support he gives to the democratie party, considering that their policy is most conducive to good government. and in November, 1910, he was elected to the office of probate judge for Bonner eounty for a term of two years, beginning his official duties on the first of the following January. Although he has not long been the ineumbent of this office in the diseharge of his responsibilities Mr. Bunde has displayed the eapability and effieieney that characterize the conseientious official, who fully recog- nizes and strives to fulfill his obligations to the public.
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